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"Nice of you to join us, finally." Shauna says sounding a little irritated.
"Sorry we are late." Tobias says as we sit down on the black floor.
"So I'm getting the feeling that you all know about cure." I say.
"Yeah, we know." Christina says without looking at me.
Zeke passes us both a drink, I don't know what's in it but it smells like acid and he gave me a cheeky smile when he gave it me. It's probably alcohol which I don't normally drink as I like to stay alert, just in case. Gemma opens the door to the Pit and starts walking towards our group.
I tense up and feel my anger rising and cursing through my veins, even though I don't want to hate her anymore. Tobias puts his arm around my back and my hand rests on my hip protectively.
"I invited her, Tris." Alaska says.
Colin looks very nervous around me and remains silent except the occasional whisper to Christina who is sat on his knee. Dale looks at me with a pleading look as if he is trying to tell me to stay calm. I smile at him to show him that I`ll be civil.
"You invited me for a reason right?" Gemma asks.
"Yeah, were here to discuss the cure and how we plan to get it." Alaska says.
"Well I've already told you that's it's a serum and it's found in the lab at the left corner of the building, behind Chloe's office. There's many underground which can only take us into the heart of the building but after that we have to go back to ground level and fight our way through."
"I assume you're going to lead us there?" Zeke asks.
"Of course."
"How many people are guarding it?"
"500, but they don't have guns because I hid them all. They will have makeshift weapons but they are weaker than us. I don't think there has ever been enough food to feed everyone." Gemma says honestly.
I look at Alaska, she looks so happy and anxious at the same time. Her clothes are new but somehow they already looking over worn and they are baggy. Her muscles has been eaten up and her nails are badly bitten and torn. She messes with her hair way too often, most of the time pushing her fringe out of her eyes even though it's already out of her eyes. I bet the guards are stronger than her.
"We are going to give them the choice surrender, right? Who wants to ask them?" Zoe asks.
"I will." I say quickly.
Tobias glares at me and his muscles tighten, "You risk your life way too often."
"We don't mind." Christina says and Colin shrugs.
"What?" I can't help but say it out loud.
"We might all die tomorrow anyway." She says depressingly.
Not if I can help it. I choose not to make a big deal about it and object. We spend another half an hour talking about the plan and I can hear them speaking to me about something I don't even register in my mind but I can hear myself replying. There nodding heads prove that I'm making sense even though I don't know what I'm saying. I just look at Christina and the rest of the group. I'm not going to let Christina and Colin go up there on their own. We all go our separate way to our apartments and I look back and see Alaska walking the opposite way with her hands squeezing her head and Dale picking her up and starts to pick up the pace.
"I thought we were trying to save them?" I say angrily.
"Tris, they volunteered. They choose to do this." He says soothingly.
"And we choose to save them, to put them before us."
"We will. During the battle. Tris, ever thought that they might be safer than us, if they decline? They are acting like two peacekeepers while the army, probably bigger than theirs, point our weapons at them. Who do you think they're going to be more interested in?"
"There's two of them. It's not like they will be able to defend their selves against all The Smokers."
"We need you to protect them later." Tobias sighs.
"I know. I'm sorry, let's just go to bed."
He wraps his arms around me and we lie on his bed.
"We can do this Tris."
I wait until he falls into a deep sleep.
"She won't let me go with her." Colin says tearfully.
"She doesn't want you to be in danger." I reply.
"But she would risk her own life?" He asks.
"Yes."
"She can't."
"Look I don't know what to tell you. She's willing to sacrifice her life for yours, why won't you just appreciate that?" I say.
That's what she's doing for me, for all of us. He's not the only one that wishes she wouldn't she wouldn't do it. I certainly don't appreciate it.
"You want me to go up instead of her?" I ask.
"You would do that?" He asks desperately.
"Yes."
"I'm sorry that I didn't help you with Evelyn." He blurts out.
"Just make sure she doesn't walk up with me."
"And how do I do that?"
"Handcuff her to something or drug her. I really don't care."
"Thank you."
He reminds me of Caleb.